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I find value in the popularity of a comment because it gives me some insight to how a community thinks, collectively. I've observed a number of times that the

I find value in the popularity of a comment because it gives me some insight to how a community thinks, collectively. I've observed a number of times that the most popular web sites and the most popular news sites (as ranked by web traffic) are the most controversial (eg. sexist) and least informative. Hence, trusting the average person is like trusting populist politics.. The Kardadhians rule. Aka race to the bottom, aka McDonalds journalism.

loceng 11y ago
That type of thinking may not be able to pool together as easily then, and therefore that thinking may not be reenforced as much. And I agree, it is interesting to see it - and obviously Twitter would have that data, so they could make it available to researchers as well. On a daily basis I wonder how it impacts everything.